Takashi
ASHITOMI

Takashi Ashitomi is a product designer. He joined Sony Design Center in 1985. He had been in charged of design of TV sets, audio and visual equipment at the company.
In 1991 He established SAAT Design. He has also been an professor of Department of Product Design, Tama Art University, from 2008, and a jury of GOOD DESIGN AWARD, Japan Institute of Design Promotion, from 2000.
At present his design approach has been getting more comprehensive through combination of product design, development of the local industry, design education and design critic.

Resume

2008 –
Professor, Department of Product Design, Tama Art University
2000 –
Jury of GOOD DESIGN AWARD, Japan Institute Design Promotion
1993 – 2002
Part-time Instructor, Department of Product Design, Tama Art University
1991 –
Established SAAT Design Inc.
1985 – 1991
Sony Design Center.Had been in charged of TV sets, audio and visual equipments.
1985
B.F.A., Tama Art University (Department of Product Design), Tokyo
1959
Born in Okinawa, Japan At present his design approach has been getting more comprehensive through combination of product design, development of the local industry, design education and design critic.

Award

2004
Gold prize, Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
: U-ONE (Ceramic Metalhalide Lamp) / Ushio Lighting
Prize of Chairman of Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
: HiHill Project (Development of local industry) / Takaoka, Toyama
1999
Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
: ZILLA (10 Base-T Ethernet Hub) / Accton Technology Co., Ltd.
Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
: Jucy (8-port USB Quad Hub) / Accton Technology Co., Ltd.
1996
Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
: PetaSite DMS-8800/8400 (Data Mss Storage System) / Sony
Interface Design Award,
Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
: WAVEFACTORY (Digital Function Synthesizer) / NF Corporation
1995
Messepia Design Competition ’94, Nomination Competition
: TORU-Tools (prototype of sickle, Knife, fork)
1993
First Prize, U·M·E Cross 21 Design Competition, Nomination Competition
Second Prize, “Monument of Peace” Design Competition, Okinawa, Japan
1991
Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
: The Beta (Betamax video cassette recorder SL-2100) / Sony
1987
Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
: KV-25 / 29 DX (Trinitron TV) / Sony

Exhibition

2000
Designer’s Catalogue-6 (Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo) / Japan Design Committee
“Exhibition of Takashi Ashitomi”
(Sapporo, Noboribetsu, Toyama, Kokura, Tokushima, Kagoshima) / NUNO Co.
Millennium 2000 (Gallery 91, New York)
Super Mailbox (Living Design Center OZONE, Tokyo)
1999
Exhibition of Stool (Living Design Center OZONE, Tokyo)
“SOL-LEVATO” (Milano Salone, Italy)
Exhibition of Super Speaker (Living Design Center OZONE, Tokyo)
“CoLaZiONe a Tokyo” (Living Design Center OZONE, Tokyo)
1998
Exhibition of Super Switch (Living Design Center OZONE, Tokyo)
Design Wave in Toyama ( Toyama/ Living Design Center OZONE)
1997
Exhibition of Super Hook (Living Design Center OZONE, Tokyo)